Allometric plasticity in a polyphenic beetle

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 58-67

  Moczek, Armin P ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive phenotypic plasticity; Allometric plasticity; Alternative tactics; Developmental threshold; Horn polyphenism; Onthophagus; Status dependent selection; Threshold evolution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; DIET; NUTRITION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

COLEOPTERA; EQUUS CABALLUS; INVERTEBRATA; ONTHOPHAGUS; ONTHOPHAGUS TAURUS; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0036119608     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0307-6946.2001.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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